John Malcolm Macgregor

British diplomat
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroBritish diplomat
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain
isDiplomat
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth3 October 1946
Age78 years
Star signLibra
Education
Balliol College
Awards
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 
The details

Biography

John Malcolm Macgregor CVO (born 3 October 1946) is a retired British diplomat who was ambassador to Poland and Austria.

Career

John Malcolm Macgregor was educated at Kibworth Beauchamp Grammar School (now Beauchamp College) and Balliol College, Oxford (where he was organ scholar), then obtained a Certificate in Education at Birmingham University. He taught at Cranleigh School 1969–73, then joined the Diplomatic Service. Between posts at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office he served in New Delhi, Prague, Paris and Düsseldorf before being appointed ambassador to Poland 1998–2000 and to Austria 2003–07. He then retired from the Diplomatic Service and was dean of the University of Kent at Brussels 2007–09. Subsequently, he was a governor of Chichester University, and visiting professor at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México and at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Family

John Malcolm Macgregor is married to Judith Macgregor (née Brown), also a British ambassador. They have three sons and a daughter.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sir Christopher Hum
British Ambassador to Poland
1998–2001
Succeeded by
Sir Michael Pakenham
Preceded by
Antony Ford
British Ambassador to Austria
2003–2007
Succeeded by
Simon Smith


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